Been playing the CS:GO beta lately and I rather like it. I suspect I'll be spending quite some time on CSS after the beta ends but before the game releases. On the other hand, I have serious doubts about dropping anymore money on all those BF3 expansions: there's simply way too damn many and I need to make a good assessment of how much content they offer before dropping in. (i.e. Decent amount of new weapons/vehicles on the new maps, instead of just the new maps.)

I wouldn't say it's consolized. I think maybe some people just use the word "consolized" to describe a game they don't particularly like. imoIt's a solid FPS would great graphics, good story, and lots of cool weapons including the nanosuit (which is awesome). Get the Maximum Edition. I only paid $20 for it at Amazon.

I've become pretty sick of the modern cookie cutter cod / bf mold, back to playing FEAR Combat regularly. Yes, the free edition of FEAR's multiplayer was released in 2006, making it older than you might have wanted, but I think it has the most unique gameplay and is by far my favourite FPS of all time. No consolitis here, as FEAR was made as a PC title first and ported to consoles a year later!

Preparing for a 4v4 CTF tournament, should be quite a good time!

Its a free game, and truly an incredible FPS with a great unarmed combat system, cool grenades, and perfect guns. Mastering the recoil of the G2A2 assault rifle is indeed an art.

Currently playing Metro 2033 and it's amazing. Stalker SoC and CoP are amazing with the Complete mods, though Clear Sky is meh. Crysis is meh, has some fun moments but I'd be surprised if you don't wind up asking yourself "that was it?"

SPOOFE wrote:Currently playing Metro 2033 and it's amazing. Stalker SoC and CoP are amazing with the Complete mods, though Clear Sky is meh. Crysis is meh, has some fun moments but I'd be surprised if you don't wind up asking yourself "that was it?"

Crysis is as fun as the player makes it. It gives you tools and objectives and lets you accomplish them however you want.

If you're preferring a more crafted experience, you'll be disappointing, but if you like having more freedom and creating your own experience it's incredible.

As for OP, I'll suggest the natural mod for Crysis, it affects visuals only and makes it look better and run faster.

I feel like I need to come back and give a shout out for Sanctum. This is another game I picked up on a Steam Weekend Deal/Free Weekend. FPS Tower Defense with multiplayer...pretty sweet execution. Okay, I think it needs some balancing, but it's still an awesome idea and lots of fun.

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

If you're preferring a more crafted experience, you'll be disappointing, but if you like having more freedom and creating your own experience it's incredible.

Nah, I don't agree at all. Spending an hour running from one site to another looking for a rocket launcher because the game decided "now's the time you fight a helicopter but oops you're not where we thought you'd be when the helicopter is triggered so you don't have any rocket launchers around" isn't fun. It's not "creating your own experience". It's floundering around in a big empty world that's superficially pretty for a few moments until you realize how empty it is.

Arham City...that reminds me: Harley Quinn DLC released. Can't wait to get a TV back in my apartment so I can fire up my 360 for that.

And yeah...I probably should have picked up Deus Ex (haven't actually played any of them), but I tried out Duels of the Planeswalkers (sp?) instead...already spent several hours on the demo, and I might buy the full version if I have a few friends playing.

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

FPS? Teamfortress 2. When a game appeals across genre lines you know its good. i'm not a big fan of FPS and yet sure enough i love playing TF2.

aside from that here are some general PC oriented games (non-MMO) that i've enjoyed over the last few years

Civ 5SkyrimWitcher 2Sins of a Solar EmpireStarcraft 2Fallout New Vegas

There is lots of other stuff i'd add to the list but they tend to be console ports (even if they are really well done ones like Batman Arkham City, Bethesda games avoid this because of their extensive Mod support)

I would have recommended Deus Ex and Fallout3 but it looks like you already have those.

L4D2 and BF3 are primarily multi-player though. L4D2 is one of the best MP FPS games of all time though IMO (along with BF1942 and Quake II). Metro 2033 and Crysis are great graphics showcases and had pretty good gameplay, but they didn't really blow me away apart from the graphics.

I'm really loving DayZ lately too, but I get the feeling that's not going to be your type of game since it's an ALPHA mod and multiplayer. You can spend hours/days kitting yourself out with great equipment/vehicles/etc, only to lose it all in an instant. It's a rare game where dying actually means something, instead of just "Respawn" or "Load savegame". Some people hate that kind of experience, but I love it.

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